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Originally Posted by BV
how did we let shit get so fucked up?
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Very long topic...
Top 3 that set the ball rolling:
1. The Civil War - Although it is taught in the schools that the Civil War was about Slavery... the larger issues were States Rights and the effort to force the states to be submissive to a larger, centralized federal government. This was the start of what we have today... massive central government with limited state powers. This was completely against the constitution.
2. Woodrow Wilson - Federal Reserve act of 1913. This effectively allowed the government to print money. This was completely against the constitution.
3. FDR - The advent of Social Security, the military industrial complex, payroll taxes (which were supposed to be eliminated after WWII), etc etc. He started the age of big/massive government and the welfare state. All completely against the constitution.